Zen Shiatsu Society

Join us for Candlelight Meditation on Sunday 6th December 5.30 pm to 7pm when Zen School of Shiatsu, Universal Healing Tao, Zen Shiatsu Society and Healing NLP gather to remember those who have gone before and to celebrate Life In Winter! bring food to share and a musical instrument to play, or just listen ... the nights draw in, as our thoughts of past and future turn to changing times. The season is Winter, the direction the North, the Time of death and conception: time to let go what restricts and open to that which frees. Should you leap from the cliff, go about your work as if your hair were on fire, or stroll through life supremely at leisure? Be yourself!


Zen Shiatsu Society Practitioners were the first to register when the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (the UK-wide regulator recognised by the Department of Health) National Shiatsu Register opened:
"...By registering with the CNHC, shiatsu practitioners will be seen as meeting the ‘gold standard’ within their field and will be entitled to display the quality mark which is given to registrants upon admission.
Kris Deva North, director of the Zen School of Shiatsu welcomes the register: “It’s great news that the register is now open to the shiatsu profession. In applying to the register, practitioners understand that they will undergo an approvals process to ensure they meet specific standards of qualification and experience which meet the CNHC's entry criteria...this is a major step in making Shiatsu more accessible..." Read the full Press Release

Zen School of Shiatsu: check out Alex's performance on our web page, and see a man who turned passion into reality www.learn-shiatsu.co.uk. Give us a call on 0700 078 1195 for a personal visit. Always happy to see you! Regular weekly courses run Tuesday evening 6.30pm or Thursday afternoon 2.30 pm. 'Continuous Enrolment' means you can join any time right up to the start of our midwinter break on 7th December, and we're back 5th January so you haven't missed the start of your personal training year! Take a look

Capital Rocks and so does the Zen School! we're teaming up again with our corporate partner London's favourite music station, 95.8 Capital FM, for another big event to raise money for Help a London Child. We're donating HUGE prizes for their auction at Capital Rocks! - a whole year's Shiatsu treatments, and a place on our next Intensive Immersion. Yes, we're right up there with Bupa, Burger King and Vodafone, thanks to the PR genius of Marta.

Congratulations to Sachie Iwaki on passing the assessment and completing the requirements to attain her Diploma!

Changing Times: our student Yen took the great leap, from banking to building and now produces robust, comfortable and attractively-priced 'healthcare modules' that can be placed in a garden or spare land, or integrated into a house to use as a Shiatsu treatment room. Take a look: www.Mo-Vita.co.uk

SHIATSU JOINS COMPLEMENTARY DISCIPLINES ON UK REGULATORY REGISTER
The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council’s (CNHC) register today (17th November) opened to shiatsu practitioners.
Opened in January 2009, the register has been established for members of the public to choose a practitioner in the knowledge that they meet national standards of conduct and training. Shiatsu is the fifth discipline for which the register has opened, joining massage therapy, nutritional therapy, reflexology and aromatherapy.
By registering with the CNHC, shiatsu practitioners will be seen as meeting the ‘gold standard’ within their field and will be entitled to display the quality mark which is given to registrants upon admission.

Kris Deva North, director of the Zen School of Shiatsu welcomes the register: “It’s great news that the register is now open to the shiatsu profession. In applying to the register, practitioners understand that they will undergo an approvals process and have to meet specific standards of qualification and experience which means they are validated by an authentic governing body
“We see this as an important development for the discipline of shiatsu and by voluntarily regulating ourselves with the CNHC, hope to demonstrate that public safety is paramount and increase public confidence in choosing a practitioner. This is a major step in making shiatsu more accessible and bringing us closer to the mainstream providers of healthcare”

Shiatsu is a touch-based therapy that applies pressure to areas of the surface of the body. Shiatsu therapists seek to correct imbalances in the body which they believe assists In maintaining and promoting health.

Throughout the rest of 2009, the Register will be opened to further disciplines, as they become ready and wish to register, and include: Yoga therapy, Alexander technique, Bowen technique, Cranial therapy, Naturopathy, Reiki and Sports Massage.
For further information about registration, visit www.cnhc.org.uk
ENDS

Media contacts: Gemma Irvine or Gemma Young at Mandate Communications on 020 3128 8126/8123 or at gemma.irvine@yourmandate.com / gemma.young@yourmandate.com
For more information about CNHC: Please contact 0203 178 2199 or visit the website www.cnhc.org.uk

Notes to editor
The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) was established as a voluntary register in April 2008 with the purpose of protecting the public by means of a voluntary register for complementary and natural healthcare practitioners.
The CNHC’s function is:
• To establish and maintain a voluntary register of complementary healthcare practitioners in the UK who meet its standards of competence and practice
• To make the Register of practitioners available to the general public and to educate them about the CNHC quality mark as a quality standard
• To operate a robust process for handling complaints about registered practitioners
• To work with professional bodies in the complementary healthcare field to further develop and improve standards of professional practice

The Register has been launched with government backing through the Department of Health.

We met some lovely people at the Mind Body Soul Exhibition at Olympia where Zen School students and practitioners gave more shiatsu and raised more money than last year for 95.8 Capital FM's charity Help a London Child, and then went on to ease the aches of the Capital Radio celebrity runners in the Royal Parks Half-Marathon. Next gig for the Zen Squad is Royal Bank of Scotland's Health Fashion and Beauty Event where RBS has invited us to join them in support of the Prince's Trust. An evening massaging bankers, yay, where we are also donating raffle prizes of a free Shiatsu treatment, plus +++ a free place on our next Shiatsu Intensive training in November at the Zen School! They sound as excited about it as we are. Isn't it great to be helping good causes and getting fantastic publicity for it - well done, Marta.

Zen School Shiatsu: Open Evening, Free Talk and Demo, Wednesday November 11th. Learn what we do, how we do it and how you too can learn a caring skill while you meet new people and make new friends. All are welcome to come by our free drop-in at the Zen School, 68 Great Eastern Street London EC2A 3JT 6.30 to 9pm...and if you can't make it to the open evening give us a call on 0700 078 1195 and Marta will arrange a personal visit for you. Always happy to see you! Learn more with a click

ZEN SHIATSU BASIC TRAINING 13th thru' 16th November Friday thr' Monday 10am to 5 pm Intensive Immersion starter-course of basic training leading to your Certificate in Practical Shiatsu CPS. You can also enrol on the regular weekly courses any Tuesday evening 6.30pm or Thursday afternoon 2.30 pm. Same syllabus, same qualification as the Immersion. Call it Absorption. We run a 'Continuous Enrolment' system so you can join any time - you haven't missed the start! Learn more: or
Take a look

Joining the National Shiatsu Register

The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council is an initiative by the Department of Health to regulate complementary therapies and make them more accessible. Now CNHC opens the Register to Shiatsu Practitioners and Teachers who comply with National Occupational Standard for Shiatsu listing as a Shiatsu Practitioner/Teacher member of the Zen Shiatsu Society in compliance with the NOS for Shiatsu: CNH13. that was developed by Skills for Health with the assistance of the Shiatsu Profession.

Most of the information that is required to complete the registration application process will be input onto the CNHC register by members themselves. The steps are detailed below:

Step one:
Member completes the Request to Register form click here and sends it in to the Zen Shiatsu Society together with up-to-date Certificate of Insurance and Continuing Professional Development Points Claim download with a click here

Step two: Zen Shiatsu Society verifies that Member meets the standards for admission to the register and if so, forwards their information to CNHC.

Step three: CNHC uploads the information onto the register

Step four: CNHC emails Member confirming that Zen Shiatsu Society has verified the application and giving Member a user name and password.

Step five: Member completes application online and pays their registration fee by credit/debit card. NB CNHC uses Protx for debit and credit card payments which is a safe system for payment on the internet .

Step six: Member receives their registration certificate and appears on CNHC National Register.

Now is the time to get yourself registered! Learn more with a click here

Congratulations to the Zen School of Shiatsu on attaining the UK Border Agency Licence to sponsor Tier 4 (non-EU) students to study in the United Kingdom. This achievement is appropriate recognition for the, literally, years of preparatory work to comply with stringent regulations and requirements to satisfy the UK Home Office in these times.

Learn more with a click here.

Well done, the first Shiatsu School to be accredited by the British Accreditation Council and the first, and at the time of writing the only, UKBA-licensed Shiatsu School. Thanks to the teaching and admin staff, students and everyone involved.

May you flourish in the Year of the Ox: prosperity through fortitude and hard work.

Just a reminder to send your CPD to Sue Hix by the end of August so I can include you on the list of Practitioners for the about-to-open National Register of the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council, and keep your present listing on our Zen Shiatsu Society internet register. Activities that qualify for CPD and the Guidelines are now posted on our web site. Click here to see
Please note, you only need the annual minimum (7 points) to qualify at this stage.
I do understand that some Practitioner/Teacher members may no longer be active: if you are among these, then you need take no action and your listing will expire in September. You will of course be welcome to re-register in the future. Please send portfolios by email to Sue Hix or by post to:
Sue Hix
CPD Focaliser
Zen Shiatsu Society
Rosewell Shiatsu Centre
Holywell Road
Castle Bytham NG33 4SL

The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council National Register is due to open for Shiatsu Practitioners in September. One of the requirements for registration will be to show evidence of Continuing Professional Development. This is not quite so formidable as it may sound as many of us are already doing it anyway, but we will need to evidence it. Practitioner and Teacher Members of our Zen Shiatsu Society - PZSS and TZSS - are eligible for the National Register and therefore required to show CPD.
From 1st September evidence of CPD will be a requirement for continued listing as a Practitioner/Teacher member of the Zen Shiatsu Society, so please be sure to send in your portfolios by the end of August, as evidence of what CPD you have done in the past year.
Zen Shiatsu Society
(CPD Evidence)
68 Great Eastern Street
London EC2A 3JT

Several CPD opportunities are coming up in August: (most of which would count for at least the minimum annual CPD points - below)

TAO YIN YOGA Matt Lewis Chief Instructor Universal Healing Tao Centre 9th August 10am to 5pm (7 hours) Learn more

TAI CHI Summer Training Camp in the beautiful Lincolnshire countryside with Kris Deva North and Matt Lewis. 11th to 16th August, All levels, Absolute Beginner to Hidden Master! (44 hours) Learn more and watch the video

Enlightenment QIGONG with Andrew Fretwell, Senior Instructor of the Universal Healing Tao 22nd & 23rd August. (14 hours)Learn more

HEALING NLP with Kris Deva North, NLP Licensed Trainer, Society of NLP (Richard Bandler) 24th to 31st August. (64 hours.) Learn what its all about at free talk and demo Friday 31st July 7 to 9pm at the London Universal Healing Tao Centre. Two hours well invested. Come on by - you are welcome! Learn more

We are seeking a CPD Focaliser, a Volunteer willing to give a little time every year to collate the CPD Evidence. It could be you! If so, please email

Below are the full requirements and how you can gather CPD points for your portfolio.

Continuing Professional Development

What is CPD and why is it a requirement for practitioners?



This CPD scheme is based – broadly – along the lines of that adopted by the Shiatsu Regulatory/Representative Group. The scheme requires practitioners to accrue

an average of fifteen (15) points per year

for a 3-year minimum forty five (45) points.

With a minimum of seven (7) in any one year.



1 point equates to 1 hour unless it says otherwise.



Contents Section 1

1 Aims

2 What is CPD?

3 Why do we need CPD?

4 What is meant by professional practice?

5 Who is required to do CPD?

6 Why should I do CPD?

7 How and when should CPD be undertaken?

8 Where can CPD be undertaken?

9 Who decides what counts as relevant learning or development?

10 I am a multi-therapist – will development in my other therapies count?

11 I am also a nurse – will my nursing CPD count?

12 I practise shiatsu part-time – do I need to do CPD?

13 How do the categories and values of other CPD schemes relate to this

scheme?

List of valid CPD activities



Section 2

Guidance on meeting criteria for CPD activities

a Practitioner/peer exchange 7

b Informal learning activity

c Promotion of Shiatsu in the community

d Reflective Practice, Personal Development, including mentoring and/or

supervision

e Community Shiatsu Work

f National or International or other Relevant Shiatsu Conference

g Shiatsu Research Project

h Participation at sub-committees, working parties or meetings

i Contributing to development of Shiatsu as a profession

j Attendance at events directly relevant to Shiatsu

k Further Professional training at bona-fide training establishment in other

health related therapy

l Delivery of an extra curricular/specialist Shiatsu or relevant workshop,

course or seminar

m. Publication of case studies, articles or reviews



Section 1



1. Aims:

Easy to understand.

Simple to do and easy for practitioners to fulfil the criteria.

Flexibility to meet the individual needs of a practitioner.

To recognise the many activities that most members already do.

To encourage practitioners to cover a range of subjects and activities.

It can be achieved wherever you live and whatever your resources allow, thus enabling

practitioners to fulfil CPD criteria without financial outlay.

To acknowledge the commitment of practitioners embarking on further formal training.



2. What is CPD?

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the process whereby practitioners take

responsibility for their own learning and development and apply it to improve their

practice in the interests of clients and the development of the profession. The term CPD

is used to cover all relevant activities undertaken by health practitioners to maintain,

enhance and develop existing knowledge and skills acquired during the study and

completion of their professional practitioners’ qualification. Many practitioners, without

consciously realising it, are already actively involved in CPD.



3. Why do we need CPD?

We all have a part to play in achieving competence and good practice. The best

practitioners are usually those who reflect on their practice and strive to continuously

improve the service they provide to their clients.

The profession must have a CPD scheme in place to help maintain standards of professional practice and competence.

Further development is needed to ensure that shiatsu maintains and builds on the

respect of the public and health care professionals alike.

It may help to raise the profile of shiatsu as a major therapy in what is a widening field of

complementary therapies.



4. What is meant by ‘Professional Practice’

Your professional practice includes all of these:

Your service to clients

The application of your knowledge and skills in treating clients

The customer care that you provide to clients

The type of approach that you have to shiatsu

The specialisations in shiatsu that you have.

Your practice as a business, or as an employee

Your reputation

Your accessibility to potential clients



5. Who is required to undertake CPD?

Members are required to undertake CPD as a condition of membership.

This includes full members that are not practising.

This includes full members that live outside the UK

Student members are not required to do CPD, it is a requirement for qualified

practitioners. (PZSS.

Ordinary members (MZSS. do not need to undergo CPD because this category of membership is aimed at people with an interest in shiatsu rather than shiatsu practitioners and practitioners of other than Shiatsu.



6. Why should I do CPD?

To gain a deeper or broader knowledge and understanding of your profession

To experience and develop new approaches

To improve professional relationships with other professional practitioners

To gain further professional satisfaction, enthusiasm and confidence.

CPD can assist you in assessing your own practice. Through personal reflection you can

more effectively focus your energy on areas for development.

To create greater esteem for the profession in the eyes of the public with a possible i

increase in client numbers

To create greater esteem for the profession in the eyes of other healthcare professionals

who already do CPD. This may lead to increased referrals

To improve your awareness of developments in the field of shiatsu and gain much from

supporting other members



7. How and when should CPD be undertaken?

Hopefully all full members continuously reflect on how their practice is going and on the

quality of service they provide to clients, which means that much informal CPD is done

without even realising it. We are flexible about when and how this should take place.



8. Where should CPD be undertaken?

This should be flexible depending upon the location of the member’s practice and the type of CPD activity being carried out. Here are examples of the flexible approach:

In the place of practice or at home

In educational establishments

On the telephone, in emails or faxes, in communication with one or more colleagues

By post

In group settings, small informal meetings, area group meetings or large formal events

Via the internet



9. Who decides what counts as relevant learning or development?

The only person who knows exactly what activity is relevant to your practice is you.

This is why we are placing the responsibility for deciding what is relevant upon the individual members.

So, if a counselling course that you plan to do is relevant to how you work with your clients then it should count. You need to be able to demonstrate to yourself that the activity would be of benefit to your practice.

This may involve mainstream shiatsu, a specialist area of shiatsu or advanced training in

shiatsu. Other examples to convey the diversity of relevant activities include:

Other therapies – Learning or development in any other therapy where you can demonstrate learning relevant to your professional practice. Please note that this is not a carte blanche for all therapies to be included within the CPD program. You must be able to demonstrate how the activity benefited your shiatsu practice.

Counselling – any aspect of learning which helps you to develop the therapeutic relationship side of your practice including courses in such elements as Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP., listening skills, counselling, mentoring, life coaching, psychology and other similar areas.

Business skills – any learning which will enable you to develop the business side of your

practice including marketing, bookkeeping, promotion, business planning and other similar areas.

Anatomy & Physiology, including Pathology (AP&P. and condition management – any learning which will enhance your understanding of AP&P in relation to your practice including refresher/advanced learning activities and/or research into conditions, systems and other areas directly relevant to your practice.

Other relevant medical approaches – any learning, including first aid and any other aspect of medical practice or healthcare, which you can demonstrate is relevant to your development as a practitioner.



10. I am a multi-discipline practitioner - will development in my other therapies count?

Many practitioners are trained in multiple disciplines. If the practitioner is able to

demonstrate that an activity relating to another therapy is also relevant to their shiatsu

practice then it should count. We recognise that many skills and knowledge acquired

are transferable between therapies or other health care professions.

Many complementary therapy organisations already have CPD schemes. The

remaining main organisations will follow suit very soon. Shiatsu practitioners who also

belong to other organisations will carry out development activities to meet their CPD

obligations for other organisations. Our flexible approach means that development

activity in non-shiatsu activities may well count as CPD for Shiatsu.



11. I am also a nurse – will my nursing CPD count?

There is a great deal of professional development that nurses and other healthcare

professionals are required to undertake by their employers that would be relevant to

shiatsu practice. However it is for the individual practitioner to decide which

development that they have undertaken, for another profession, contributes to their

shiatsu practice. CPD activities for other professions could apply to several categories

of practice.



12. I am a part-time shiatsu practitioner – do I need to do CPD?

Yes, many practitioners practise shiatsu on a part-time basis. For this reason we have

ensured that many of the possible CPD activities can be done quickly and easily. Many

activities have little or no cost and can be done locally or even at home. People often

think of CPD as solely attending courses and workshops. It’s not just attendance at

courses and workshops – it’s much more than that. It’s doing any activity that you have

determined will genuinely help maintain or improve your practice. In other parts of this

document there is advice and examples on low cost and relevant activities you can do.



13. How do the categories and values of other CPD schemes relate to that of Shiatsu?

This scheme requires practitioners to accrue an average of 15 points per year. Some

of this total can be carried over and accrued over 3 years (15 points x 3 = 45 points.,

although a minimum of 7 hours must be attained per year. This means, for example,

that you may do 7 points in year one, 15 in year 2 and 23 in year 3. As long as you do a

minimum of 7 in any one year, and attain 45 over 3 years, you can choose when you get

your points. In most of the criteria, 1 point equates to 1 hour.

Other organisations may have different CPD categories and different point or time

values for their activities. The categories will most probably be accepted but to ensure

that they meet Shiatsu CPD requirements, members will need to ensure that they refer

to the guidelines for this CPD scheme and not those of another organisation.



List of CPD activities



Description of Activity Allocation of Points Annual Limit

Practitioner/peer exchange session 1 per hour 3

Informal learning activity 1 per hour 3

Promotion of Shiatsu in the community 1 per hour 8

Personal Development and Reflective Practice, including

mentoring or supervision. 1 per hour 10

Volunteer Shiatsu work for special needs and vulnerable

people including hospices and charities. 1 per hour 8

National or international or other relevant Shiatsu

conference 4 per day 10

Shiatsu research project 2 per hour 15

Participation on Shiatsu subcommittees or working party 1 per hour 10

Contributing to the development of Shiatsu as a

profession 1 per hour 10

Attendance at a Shiatsu relevant event or workshop 6 per day 12

Delivery of an extra curricular/specialist Shiatsu or

relevant workshop, course or seminar 1 per hour 8

Publication of case study, article or review 1 per hour 8



Section 2

Guidance - Please refer to this guidance section in conjunction with the list when planning your CPD and certainly before undertaking any activity.

Distinguish between normal professional practice and work that is specifically aimed at the enhancement of practitioner skills

This section provides a detailed explanation of each of the CPD categories in the above list.

The ‘evidence’ sections for each category indicate the type of evidence that the practitioner should keep relating to each CPD activity. This evidence will form the majority of the CPD portfolio. Some activities do not naturally generate documented evidence so then please provide a brief written account of the summarising how it will help with your professional practice.



Guidance on meeting criteria for CPD activities:



a. Practitioner/peer exchange session.

Practitioner exchange sessions can take different forms. Following the treatment they should review differences in their approaches to clients, approaches to conditions or different sequences. Further development needs may also be identified. Practitioner exchange can usually be carried out locally, at the convenience of the practitioners. The partner for this activity does not have to be registered, although they must be a qualified shiatsu practitioner or training to be a practitioner. Practitioner exchange can also include where a practitioner joins another practice or works at another clinic for a limited period of time to experience new approaches to practice. This may be a reciprocal arrangement. It can include work shadowing, job rotation and secondments.

Evidence

A letter from the reciprocating practitioner/clinic confirming the extent of exchange

sessions.

A statement in the member’s log, evaluating the benefits of that activity to their practice.



b. Informal learning activity

This is a broad category which provides credit for researching any information source to provide updating of existing knowledge, new areas of knowledge or developing new approaches. Types of activity include reading relevant journals, books, reports or articles. These may have been accessed via a subscription to a paper/electronic/online journal. However we recognise that much informal learning takes place through reading books or journals for which a subscription is not applicable. Such publications may have been purchased or borrowed from the library or a colleague. Such sources of information are equally valid. Some area groups operate a book sharing system. It includes relevant research papers and online research sites. Subscribing to or reading a shiatsu association’s journal does not qualify for this as the expectation is that all members should read this journal.

Using your association’s discussion forum to obtain information or guidance about approaches to treatment or contributing to the range of discussions is valid CPD activity. Some activities are very flexible and can be for example carried out from the home or whilst travelling.

Evidence

Keep a record of the details of the publication, the source of the information, or the

address of the website/s. Include any printouts where relevant. The date/s the

information was obtained. In your CPD log you need to indicate how this activity has, or

will, benefit your practice.



c. Promotion of shiatsu in the community

Many practitioners utilise their association’s exhibition packs to provide demonstrations or tasters in public places or to community groups. Some practitioners help to staff stands run by area groups or their association. Some practitioners write articles for their local newspaper or community magazine to promote shiatsu or their own practice. All of the above activities are valid as CPD, however these are just examples and are not an exhaustive list. Other activities that you can demonstrate fit with this category are also valid.

Evidence

Photographs, letters, copies of articles or booking documents as appropriate. Statement

from colleague involved in the promotion.



d. Reflective Practice, Personal and Professional Development, including mentoring and/or supervision.

This is to acknowledge the importance of reflective practice in both personal and professional development. There is a strong synergy and overlap between them including the use of mentoring and supervision. Any activity that leads to your development in a way that has direct bearing upon your shiatsu practice can be included.

Evidence

A personal statement about the development activity explaining how it led to

enhancement of your shiatsu practice; statements from other peers, mentors or people

involved; any other relevant documentation (see below for more details..



Reflective practice can include, for example, reflecting upon:

the application of your knowledge and skills in treating clients

the customer care that you provide to clients

the type of approach that you have to shiatsu

the specialisations in shiatsu that you have

your perception of success of your practice as a business, or as an employee

your reputation

your accessibility to potential clients.

Reflecting upon your needs may also involve consulting with other specialists, professional services or peers. It also includes the time spent in planning the way forward, e.g. developing a business plan or researching into getting involved in a new specialisation. It can include determining your development & learning needs or implementing your development plans

Evidence

There may not be naturally occurring evidence for some aspects of this CPD category

however, brief statements from colleagues, peers or specialists that have helped you

would be valuable. If the reflective practice has been largely in isolation then you will

need to make your own statement about your activities, explaining how your practice

has or will benefit from this.



Mentoring and Supervision is the provision of guidance or support, usually on a one- to-one basis. Both the provision of giving and receiving mentoring and supervision can be included.

In this context mentoring is usually provided by another shiatsu practitioner with the aim of developing one’s shiatsu practise. This is sometimes also known as ‘buddying’.

Supervision is usually provided by professionals who have undergone training in supervision and is more focussed on you and your development as a person and practitioner, more akin to counselling.

For those practitioners who are employed there may be mentoring, peer review or supervision in place, for which there may be procedures. The activity may be carried out in a formal or informal way. The support provided may be related to personal or professional development where it has a direct impact upon the work of the practitioner. In this context counselling, coaching or NLP could also be applicable.

Evidence

Maintain a log of mentoring and supervision activities provided or received. Confidential

information does not need to be held. You must be able to demonstrate how the

activities in this category have relevance to your development as a practitioner.



e. Community Support Shiatsu Work

This includes work at hospitals, hospices, in the work place, or for community groups where you will be working with specific needs and conditions. The aim of engaging in this work is to build practitioners specialist knowledge and ability to work with specific needs and can be of value for research purposes.

Evidence

A letter from the organisation to confirm your contribution.



f. National or International or other relevant Shiatsu Conference.

Different associations run conferences at various times. These may be attended by several hundred members and provide a wealth of experiences through top name speakers, workshops, trade stands, plus networking by members. Conferences hosted by other relevant organisations in the UK and the rest of the world may also be valid, but only time spent on activities relevant to your shiatsu practice should be counted.

Evidence

A certificate of attendance or confirmation of booking letter for that conference.

Also include where possible the programme for the event.



g. Shiatsu Research Project

Research is considered of great value to the development of shiatsu as a profession as well as of value in the promotion of shiatsu to the world in general. It is recommended that you discuss your research activities with your association’s Research & Development Officer, who can provide support and information. A research pack may be available to help with planning research.

Evidence

Documents could include a copy of the research paper or proposal; relevant

correspondence with agencies/collaborators/sponsors; a letter from a relevant

educational establishment; or a confirmation letter from the relevant Research &

Development Officer.



h. Participation at subcommittees, working parties or meetings

This can apply to a shiatsu member association or activities relating to other relevant

organisations. These activities include the work of an association’s voluntary Board of

Directors; area group committees; area group leaders meetings; or other association working parties and project teams. For tutors of Accredited Centres it includes attendance at Accredited Centre meetings. For tutors that are moderators/verifiers, or examiners it includes moderation/verification or examination work and attendance at relevant meetings arranged by the awarding body.

Other activities can include relevant meetings relating to other shiatsu organisations, other therapies, occupational areas that are relevant to shiatsu practice.

Evidence

Copy of an invitation letter, minutes, certificate of attendance or other documentation to

confirm role and attendance.



i. Contributing to development of Shiatsu as a profession

This acknowledges the value of work carried out by practitioners that are involved in the

development and dissemination of practitioner standards, new approaches to shiatsu practice or other key areas of the shiatsu profession.

Evidence

Statements from peers or supervisors; articles, reports or other relevant documentation.



j. Attendance at a shiatsu relevant event or workshop

Approved events are ones where the trainer/teacher is registered as a member with a

practitioner membership association and the trainer/teacher is approved by them for CPD.

The term event includes any kind of talk, workshop, course, seminar or organised training activity about shiatsu, or of direct relevance to shiatsu practice. It can include for example: a workshop delivered to qualified practitioners as CPD; an association seminar; a workshop provided to an area group; a shiatsu refresher course; an AP&P update; training for another therapy where it is relevant to shiatsu practice; delivery of medical approaches or first aid.

Where an event is related to a different therapy the practitioner should be able to demonstrate how that training has benefited their shiatsu practice.

Evidence

A certificate of attendance and/or certificate of achievement for the event.



k. Further professional training at bona-fide training establishment in other related

shiatsu enhancing therapy

Any part-time or full time course that can demonstrate it’s relevance to the ongoing development of a health practitioner and culminates in a certificate, licence or diploma to practice may be accepted under this category.

Evidence

A certificate of attendance and/or certificate of qualification.



l. Delivery of an extra curricular/specialist shiatsu or relevant workshop, course or seminar

This includes delivery of any kind of talk, workshop, course or seminar about shiatsu that is extra to the normal school/college training curriculum or syllabus. It should be of relevance to shiatsu practice. It can include for example: a workshop delivered to shiatsu students to enhance their learning process and/or to qualified practitioners as CPD; a workshop provided to an area group; an introductory or taster course for the public; or community group; a shiatsu refresher course; an AP&P update; training in another therapy where it is relevant to shiatsu practice; delivery of medical approaches or first aid.

To determine the number of hours involved in an activity please include the actual delivery time, but also any time spent on research or drawing together of information for the presentation, or related learning materials. It does not include general administration time, such as photocopying or dealing with bookings or queries.

Evidence

Examples include: a copy of the brochure or advertising material; relevant

correspondence, photographs, a copy of the association event approval confirmation.



m. Publication of case studies, articles or reviews

Evidence

Keep a copy of published pages. Case studies completed as part of the practitioner’s

training are not acceptable because CPD starts after the practitioner has qualified and

has upgraded to practitioner.

Congratulations to the Zen School of Shiatsu on accreditation by the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education.

This success follows two years of preparation and a rigorous inspection by the BAC of all aspects of school life, from teaching qualifications to Health & Safety.

Master of the Zen School Kris Deva North thanks all who took part in readying the school for this validation of our commitment to excellence, in particular Michael Cullingworth, Bernadette Carelse, Elizabeth Butters and Marta Antunes.

In celebration of this the Zen School is offering a Shiatsu Summer School, with an extra special Intensive Immersion at the old rate, before the unfortunately necessary increase in fees for the next academic year. Register with a click here

We are also celebrating the 3rd London Shiatsuthon on 3rd July to raise money for Help a London Child in association with 95.8 Capital FM, London's No 1 Hit Music Station, furthering our partnership with Capital developed by Marta Antunes. Learn more with a click here.